Photos of the day 12/06

A protester throws a petrol bomb at riot police guarding the parliament in Athens' Syntagma (Constitution) Square. Greek police fired tear gas at dozens of black-clad protesters while hundreds marched to parliament to mark the 2008 shooting of a student by police. Yannis Behrakis/Reuters

An Indian Shiite Muslim mourns during a prayer to mark Ashura in New Delhi. Ashura is the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, observed around the world in remembrance of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammed. Kevin Frayer/AP

A man walks in front of parked tractors during a protest in Sofia, Bulgaria. About 3,000 grain producers from across the country rallied in the city center, where almost 200 tractors were parked, against subsidy cuts due next year. They also called for the finance and agriculture ministers to resign. Stoyan Nenov/Reuters

A member of the pro-Kremlin youth movement Stal (Steel) wearing a Darth Vader mask beat a drum during a rally in downtown Moscow. Putin said he's satisfied with the performance of his party in Russia's parliamentary election even though it lost a significant number of seats, adding that a drop in support is 'inevitable' for any ruling party. The statement came as US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton again criticized the election. Sergey Ponomarev/AP

Somali illegal immigrants sit on the ground at the Armed Forces of Malta Maritime Squadron base at Haywharf in Marsamxett Harbour, Valletta. A group of 44 Somali immigrants arrived in Malta after being rescued from a sinking seven-meter dinghy about 60 nautical miles south of Malta. The boat is believed to have left from the Libyan coast on Saturday, according to local media. Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

Actors take part in a re-enactment of the 7th century battle of Kerbala during the Shi'ite religious festival of Ashura in Baghdad's Sadr City in Iraq. The festival, commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims, marks the martyrdom of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussein in the battle of Karbala in Iraq in the year 680. Mohammed Ameen/Reuters

A model presents a creation during the 2012 Korea Hair Collection in Seoul, South Korea. Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters

A new Kaibil graduate, a member of Guatemala's special forces, salutes during an exhibition to commemorate their graduation ceremony in Poptum, Peten, Guatemala. The elite group of the Guatemalan Army, founded in 1974, had nine members successfully complete the 77th international Kaibil course. Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters

Workers clean a billboard in a commercial section of Shanghai, China Carlos Barria/Reuters

Members of Occupy Cincinnati display the First Amendment to the US Constitution on cardboard signs outside the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati where courts were scheduled to begin hearing arguments on the legality of arrests made in a local park. Al Behrman/AP

Pearl Harbor survivors Harold Mayo (l.) and Mickey Ganitch share stories with US Navy Chief Nixon Galan as they tour the Arizona Memorial at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu. About 100 Pearl Harbor Survivors will attend ceremonies Wednesday on Oahu marking the 70th anniversary of the Japanese air and naval assault that claimed 2,390 American lives and drew the United States into World War Two. Hugh Gentry/Reuters

Models present creations by German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld as part of his Paris-Bombay collection for Chanel presented at the Grand Palais in Paris. Remy de la Mauviniere/AP

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his wife, Patti, leave their home heading to federal court for his sentencing hearing in Chicago. Blagojevich was convicted earlier this year on 18 corruption counts, including trying to auction off President Barack Obama's old US Senate seat. Paul Beaty/AP

Keith Thomas (r.) and Orlando Gonzales (l.) join in a protest inside the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington. They are demanding that the lawmakers represent the '99 percent.' Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Iranian Shiite Muslims beat their shoulders with iron chains during an Ashoura holy day ritual to mourn the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in downtown Tehran, Iran. Vahid Salemi/AP

An assistant of Hungarian sculptor Erno Toth stands near his latest work, a bronze statue of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, in Budapest, Hungary. The statue was commissioned by the chief of the Hungarian software maker Graphisoft Gabor Bojar. Laszlo Balogh/Reuters

Visitors brace themselves from the rotor wash of Marine One helicopter as President Barack Obama departs the South Lawn of the White House in Washington as he travels to Kansas. Charles Dharapak/AP

Assailed first by a debt crisis, then acting as a front line in Europe’s migrant crisis, Greece has had an extremely difficult few years. Yet it has avoided civil conflict and has remained in the eurozone, contrary to many expectations.